Misleading
Friday 3 February 2023
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“Ukraine formally proposed to Belarus a non-aggression pact while preparing for war near the Belarus-Ukraine border, seeming to repeat the scene where they deceived Russia with the Minsk Agreements.”
The Minsk Agreements were negotiated to stop Russia’s undeclared war in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, where Moscow-backed separatists fought Ukrainian government forces. -
“The only thing that connects him with Ukraine is his place of birth.”
Sergei Korolev, the engineer behind Sputnik and the first human orbital flight, was born in Soviet Ukraine and considered himself Ukrainian. -
“This is such a monstrous shame that I will not even comment on the paranoia about our state’s nuclear plans.”
Using crass rhetoric, the former Russian president distorts WWII history to justify Russia’s war against Ukraine. -
“Comrade Zhao has assumed a post in exchange in accordance with needs.”
Zhao’s legacy is a record of spreading disinformation about COVID-19, treatment of Uyghurs, press freedom and more. -
“China has all along shared information on its monitoring of the mutation of the virus and infected groups with the international community in a timely, open and transparent manner.”
China’s COVID-19 reporting has been disputed by the World Health Organization, independent experts and its own citizens. -
“Seems a bit of geography and history lesson is in order for those who vow to defend Taiwan but really don't have a clue where it is.”
China Deceptively Uses CNN’s New Year’s Eve Mix-up of Taiwan and Thailand to Blast U.S. -
"Russian-Chinese cooperation is experiencing the best period in its history, bilateral relations ... are built on a solid foundation ... of mutual support in matters affecting each other's fundamental interests. First of all, we are talking about the protection of sovereignty and territorial integrity."
China does not recognize or support Russia's illegal attempts to annex five regions of Ukraine and has been forced to participate in Western sanctions. -
"Adolf (Hitler) would be proud of you (Prime Minister of Estonia). Without you, it would be much more difficult to prove the dehumanization of the collective West. Estonia for Estonians, right?"
The Estonian government has set up Estonian language courses for refugees from Ukraine as part of an aid program that includes housing, employment, health insurance, and the right to study. -
“Russian advertisement depicts Putin as Santa Claus, using magic to save a child from having gay dads, wearing pink and LGBT indoctrination. Russia believes the proxy war against NATO is necessary to preserve Christian values and fight satanism which controls the West.”
Source: Twitter, December 27, 2022The post glorifies Russia’s legalized criminalization of, and discrimination against, LGBTQ+ people. -
“There are links to some statements of the political leadership of Russia [about to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine]. But in reality, there were no such statements.”
Russian officials have signaled a willingness to use nuclear weapons to hold onto Ukrainian territory Moscow claims as its own. -
“The so-called ‘overseas police stations’ simply do not exist.”
A growing body of evidence suggests China’s policing operations span the globe, with and without the knowledge of host countries. -
“There is neither a political discussion, nor a battle of ideas, nor a struggle for service.”
A political ban on Erdogan’s top political rival, Ekrem Imamoglu, has direct impact on Turkish politics